diff --git a/autoload/airline/formatter/short_path.vim b/autoload/airline/formatter/short_path.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..675704e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoload/airline/formatter/short_path.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+scriptencoding utf-8
+
+function! airline#formatter#short_path#format(val) abort
+  if get(g:, 'airline_stl_path_style', 'default') ==# 'short'
+    return '%{pathshorten(expand("'.a:val.'"))}%'
+  endif
+  return a:val
+endfunction
diff --git a/autoload/airline/init.vim b/autoload/airline/init.vim
index b3191d8d..f23562b0 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/init.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/init.vim
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function! airline#init#bootstrap()
         \ 'function': 'airline#parts#readonly',
         \ 'accent': 'red',
         \ })
-  call airline#parts#define_raw('file', '%f%m')
+  call airline#parts#define_raw('file', airline#formatter#short_path#format('%f%m'))
   call airline#parts#define_raw('path', '%F%m')
   call airline#parts#define('linenr', {
         \ 'raw': '%{g:airline_symbols.linenr}%l',